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Libyan warlord threatens to block Italian ships

General Khalifa Haftar, the head of the Libyan National Army, an armed faction that controls eastern Libya, warned Italy on Thursday that he would block Italian ships that enter Libyan waters to try to stop migrant smuggling. He said that Italy wanted to "export the illegal immigration crisis from its territory to Libya's," and, according to the Al Arabiya channel, he ordered his troops to bomb Italian ships.